Greater New York Chapter Client Services Caseworker Lilliam Rivera-Cruz assists Brooklyn residents displaced from their homes by Wednesday’s devastating storm at the Red Cross shelter at P.S. 314. (Photo: Mike Virgintino)

Over the last two days, the American Red Cross in Greater New York (ARC/GNY) has aided hundreds of Brooklyn residents affected by a violent Wednesday morning storm at a Red Cross shelter set up at P.S. 314, the Luis Muñoz Marin Elementary School at 330 59th Street in Brooklyn.

Wednesday night, the Chapter provided food, comfort and shelter for more than 85 people.

Thursday night, the Chapter provided 50 households (101 adults and 24 children) with emergency housing at three area hotels. Many people will remain in hotels provided by the Red Cross over the weekend. Red Cross caseworkers will continue to assist these residents during the next several days.

Since Wednesday, ARC/GNY has served more than 1,000 meals and more than 2,500 snacks to clients at the shelter, as well as to first responders working to restore services.

Chapter relief workers returned to the community today at the same location, P.S. 314, which will operate as a Red Cross Service Center through 7 p.m., offering aid to residents still in need of assistance. The Red Cross continues to work in partnership with the Brooklyn Chinese American Association and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association to provide interpreters and assistance to the families.

If you or your loved ones were affected by this disaster, please call 877-REDCROSS for disaster relief guidance and assistance through the American Red Cross in Greater New York.

All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations.  Victims of thousands of disasters each year, like the tornado and flooding in Brooklyn, are assisted through financial gifts to the American Red Cross in Greater New York.  To make a donation, call the American Red Cross in Greater New York at 1-877-REDCROSS x2617, or visit our Web site at www.nyredcross.org.